But according to Holm herself, she is fine having a rematch as early as July. But while Rousey has been bruised and battered by casual fans and haters, mixed martial arts insiders have focused a lot of blame for the loss on her head coach, Edmond Tarverdyan.
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“When you’re up there, somebody needs to be blamed for it”, Tarverdyan said.
“It’s not about wanting to watch, it’s about whether or not the timing is right or if it’s even necessary”, Tarverdyan told ESPN.com.
Although she hasn’t been fighting, Rousey certainly has remained busy. The fight is over. Have we been doing everything wrong? He added that he and Rousey will be “taking advice from boxing trainers”, although he said she would probably never watch the film from her loss to Holm. He expressed regret for building a fight strategy that put Rousey at a disadvantage.
The rematch between Holly Holm and Ronda Rousey has yet to be announced.
Ronda Rousey struck a chord with Travis Browne’s estranged wife, Jenna Renee Webb. In fact, she and Dana White, president of the UFC, are already talking the date of the match.
If that’s the case, it makes sense why video of their first fight may not be useful – if the strategy is completely changed, there’s little to learn from the first matchup.
Holm-Rousey II is tentatively set at UFC 200, with Rowdy still finishing her filming commitments for a remake of the 1980s action movie “Road House” and Holm bound for a title defense in March. Defeating Tate would validate Holm as the champion in the bantamweight division and will assure the Rousey-Holm rematch, possibly in late 2016. “And I just wanted to take a minute to sincerely congratulate her. But I know that he didn’t do anything”, in a recent ESPN The Magazine interview.
“They haven’t told me an exact date or location”.
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Due to the shock of the moment, Tarverdyan thinks some observers have overlooked things Rousey did well during the loss. Rousey also failed to deploy the ground game and submissions that made her one of the fight game’s newest stars. “I accept reality… As long as my fighter believes in me, I believe in my fighter and we’ll move on from there”. “I’m pretty sure we’re still married”.
